What are the characteristics of online literature?

Abstract: The so-called network literature is a literary work published on the network, which has no clear boundaries. Network literature is constantly rising, keeping pace with the traditional literature market. Compared with traditional literature, online literature is more obvious and easier to understand. What are the characteristics of online literature? What are the characteristics of online literature language?

What are the characteristics of online literature?

1 is serial.

For publishing works on the Internet, the threshold for review is far lower than that for physical publishing, or even zero. Therefore, the author's freedom of creation can be higher, and he doesn't have to wait until he finishes writing a complete article before publishing it. They often just write a beginning, even a few hundred words, and then post it on the forum, and then write it out bit by bit for months or even years.

2. It is interactive.

Because of the immediacy of the Internet, the communication between authors and readers on the Internet is much faster than the previous correspondence. This makes the interaction of online works naturally stronger.

However, what really determines the interactivity of online literature lies in its serialization. It is precisely because online literature is often divided into chapters and sections, and it is gradually presented and completed in the long serial period. Therefore, readers can express their views on the works at any time of creation, express their appreciation or dissatisfaction, and put forward suggestions and expectations for the follow-up content. These readers' comments will be seen by the author at the first time, and will affect the subsequent creation of the work to varying degrees.

Characteristics of network literature language

1, short and pithy

Different from the traditional literary language's poetic pursuit of written language, online literature has short sentence patterns, and often uses simplified and fashionable spoken language and short sentences to express a desire without utilitarian sense, express the recognition of vulgar and mediocre life, and pay little attention to decoration, expression, bedding and description. The sentence structure is simple, the narrative rhythm is fast, the plot is tortuous and touching, and it is close to the network life itself.

2. colloquialism, popularization and daily life

The language of online literature mostly comes from the folk, which is colloquial, popular and vivid, showing the most primitive and authentic life feelings of ordinary people. The text created by online literature comes from online chat, which is suitable for the needs of expressing thoughts and feelings quickly and flatly in the network context. The language used in online chat is closest to spoken language, and its content is reflected in secular life and life modality. Less mystery, more authenticity, which also gives online language visual and auditory information that only spoken language has. The adoption of these online words in online literature not only reflects the colloquialism of online language communication, but also expresses language identity as a new literary form.

Therefore, compared with traditional literature, online literature has increased the daily life and popularity. The boundary between literature and non-literature, literary language and daily language becomes blurred, which makes the online literary language have a very strong colloquial and fast-food language form.

3. The application of creative vocabulary

The appearance of new words in network literature is mainly influenced by the characteristics of computer input. Network literature is mostly created online, and it is a realistic choice for individuals to improve typing speed and simplify language symbols when there is nothing they can do to improve the input method. Influenced by this situation, there are the most neologisms in online literature language. Typing mistakes, making mistakes, combining numbers and letters, using initials together, and making new words with mathematical expressions. In order to improve the input speed and efficiency, there are many ways to simplify language symbols, and new words emerge one after another.

By using emotional language symbols, the inner feelings of the subject are vividly presented, the distance between the signified and the signified is narrowed, the deep meaning of language symbols is dispelled, the poetic imagination space of traditional literature is deconstructed and flattened, so as to realize direct perception of it, realize the interaction of online literature in a perceptual and realistic way, and change the communication mode of rational interaction. While keeping consistent with the inherent aesthetic artistic characteristics of classic literature, the language form of classic literature and the image and implication expressed in the language form are taken as the objects of deconstruction and subversion, and the existence of online literature itself is established. The update of input method makes the possibility of language innovation become a reality, and the creators of online literature can boldly carry out language innovation, show their personality and intelligence, and objectively highlight the "game" function of language.